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    VILEN HAKOBYAN: GOVERNMENT PAYS FOR TREATMENT OF ONLY 8% OF ARMENIAN POPULATION

    PanARMENIAN.Net
    May 20, 2010 - 14:58 AMT 09:58 GMT

    In any developed country medical insurance is an inseparable part of
    social life, said a member of the RA National Academy of Sciences.

    "Presently, Armenia is not rich enough to issue medical insurance. In
    fact, insurance can help the most vulnerable social strata. People
    go to hospital only if there is no other way out, as the government
    pays for treatment of only 8% of Armenian population," Vilen Hakobyan
    said during a joint press conference with director of Surb Mariam
    healthcare center Gagik Martirosyan.

    Mr. Martirosyan said for his part that volunteer medical insurance
    could be an option. "Nevertheless, only wealthy people practice it
    in Armenia. Those having serious health problems are not granted
    insurance," he noted.
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